Wednesday, May 09, 2007
Abortion and Down Syndrome
No one wants their baby to have Down syndrome. But this is what selfishness looks like.
About 90 percent of pregnant women who are given a Down syndrome diagnosis have chosen to have an abortion.
Convinced that more couples would choose to continue their pregnancies if they better appreciated what it meant to raise a child with Down syndrome, a growing group of parents are seeking to insert their own positive perspectives into a decision often dominated by daunting medical statistics and doctors who feel obligated to describe the difficulties of life with a disabled child.
No one wants their baby to have Down syndrome. But this is what selfishness looks like.
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